Lialeh

by Bernard Purdie

Lialeh cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1974
  • Label: Bryan
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 33:10
  • Community rating: 3.65/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Purdie composed and led the soundtrack to 'Lialeh', the film regarded as the first major Black pornographic movie, pressing his session drumming into long, unhurried grooves for the screen. Long one of the rarest titles in his catalogue, it returned to print in a Light in the Attic reissue.

Genres

Descriptors: funky, groove-laden, soundtrack, film, soulful

Tracklist

  1. Lialeh (5:30)
  2. Touch Me Again (4:25)
  3. Conscious (4:10)
  4. Easy (4:30)
  5. All Pink On The Inside (4:35)
  6. Pass Me Not (4:30)
  7. Hap'nin' (5:30)

Credits

  • Horace Ott - arranged by, piano, electric piano [fender rhodes]
  • Arthur Clarke - baritone saxophone, flute
  • Ernie Hayes - piano, organ
  • Seldon Powell - tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
  • Otis Brown Jr. - arranged by
  • Inc. - design
  • Andrea Worrell - lyrics by
  • Barron Bercovichy - lyrics by

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